Covid dystopia protest song: "Sad Little Man" by Five Times August (original music)

Do you know the identity of the Sad Little Man, internet friends? The first person to guess correctly in the comments section below will earn a prize.

Five Times August is the name of a solo music project by Dallas, Texas independent singer/songwriter/guitarist Brad Skistimas (b. August 5, 1983 in Lewisville, Texas). His first album was released in 2001.

Over 30 days in 2009, Skistimas used the crowdfunding website Kickstarter to help fund his album Life as a Song. Rewards ranged from a digital copy of the album to having your name in the CD liner notes to a weekend camping trip with Skistimas. The goal was $20,000 USD, and was reached with nine hours left in the project. Skistimas crowd sourced via PledgeMusic.com another album in 2012.

Skistimas now favours the artist tips/donation model of funding, and uses www.PayPal.Me/BradleySkistimas or Venmo @fivetimesaugust. You can join the mailing list at www.fivetimesaugust.com/signup.html

The lyrics for the song "Sad Little Man" follow, from [0] which was published on 20 November 2021. How curious it is that the subject for the song is referenced in words and music only by indirect means. Do you need to watch the video to identify him? Skistimas seems to have self-produced it in a form that is reminiscent of primary-school collage. All in all, a beautiful and moving piece of artwork, in my opinion much better and more valuable than Hunter Biden's. I'm only disappointed that I didn't know of the artist a decade ago back in pre-digital era when he used to affix his signature to his artistic output.

Sad little man sitting deep in a lie
He’s dead in his soul but he’ll keep you alive
Do what he says, not what he do
‘Cause the truth is for him and the lie is for you

Sad little man but he’s treated like a God
As the faithless pray to a fake and a fraud
Worship the man, pledge to his word
One shot, two shot, now you get a third

Sad little man
Sad little man
You better run now while you know you can
Sad little man
Sad little man
You don’t fool me you sad little man

Sad little man gonna trap you like a dog
Put your head in a net while they eat you raw
Don’t ask why, just comply
‘Cause fear is the drug that the doc prescribed

Sad little man, you can watch him on the news
Preaching to his choir while they learn the rules
Some feel safe and some feel healed
But they’ll all hold his hand as he makes the kill

Sad little man
Sad little man
You better run now while you know you can
Sad little man
Sad little man
You don’t fool me you sad little man

Sad little man and he wants your kids
Some might live while the rest get sick
So put them to the test and listen for the yell
When the truth comes out he’s gonna burn in hell

Sad little man
Sad little man
You better run now while you know you can
Sad little man
Sad little man
You don’t fool me you sad little man

You can’t fool me you sad little man

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsANoiJa9Uc